"Steve Bannon Is Done Wrecking the American Establishment. Now He Wants to Destroy Europe’s" (NYT):
On Saturday, he is set to headline the annual conference of France’s far-right National Front in the northern city of Lille, where he will be introduced by its leader, Marine Le Pen. People with knowledge of Mr. Bannon’s itinerary suggested that he might meet later in the weekend with the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban.... In Zurich, Mr. Bannon says, he had a “fascinating” meeting on Tuesday with leaders of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party....
In the United States, Mr. Bannon said, he is working on a project to create a think tank to “weaponize” populist economic and social ideas. He sees that work spreading to Europe, where a proliferation of populist websites in the image of Breitbart News, either owned by him or others, will spread those ideas, under his guidance. As a final component, he wants to train an army of populist foot soldiers in the language and tools of social media.
Oh, no! Not social media!
But Mr. Bannon.... said he was weighing whether to buy a name-brand outlet, like Newsweek or United Press International, or to start a new one, or to connect entrepreneurs with capital or invest himself.
So, then, like The Washington Post — mainstream media. The "social"/"mainstream" distinction was never stable (or even real).
He imagined a scoop-driven and high-metabolism outlet “like Axios,” he said, referring to the buzzy Washington newsletter, but with a populist bent that would devour Europe’s sleepy legacy papers. “Whether I do it or a local entrepreneur does it,” he said, “there are going to be these populist nationalist news sites that pop up in the next year on line. That will only take these things to the next level.”....
Here's the part about the pope:
Mr. Bannon said Italian voters on Sunday also spurned Pope Francis, who has urged tolerance for migrants. “This vote was a rejection of the pope,” said Mr. Bannon, a Catholic who has nonetheless been a longtime critic of the pope’s politics. “The pope likes to see himself as a radical and an anti-establishment revolutionary for the little guy; the little guy put the pope in his place on Sunday.”
Is Bannon "meddling" in European politics or demonstrating how to do freedom of speech?
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As a final component, he wants to train an army of populist foot soldiers in the language and tools of social media.
Worked out great for Al Gore!
More power to him. Protected speech and gun rights are our two necessary weapons that have set us free from world Empires. Bannon may be a jerk, but he is using the media to protect those rights from a Chinese Communist style of governance
This week has seen an all out propaganda push against gun rights and speech rights of American citizens under assault from media's Big Lie propagandists claims of Fake News and School Shootings requiring an end to those rights. The media want to send us into a panic mode of fear of speech and gun rights by pumping out a coordinated tsunami of lies.
A “populist army of foot soldiers” all over Europe promoting nationalism. Is that some kind of NYT dog whistle to its readers?
Bannon is vile, but he’s right about the opportunity in Europe. America’s temper tantrum the last few years has given us BLM, Occupy, the alt right, antifa, and Trump and Sanders as national leaders. There’s more to exploit here, of course. The toxic campus SJW culture isn’t going anywhere. Immigration will still be a hugely divisive issue. But helping Trump get elected was Bannon’s highwater mark in America.
In Europe, populist resentment runs high and he can exploit the overlapping issues of Syria, migrants, demographic decline, rising crime and Islam. There’s a cultural or civilizational crisis in Europe. What do they want their future to be like? Do they want to embrace Islam? Do they want instead to be more like Japan, homogenous and orderly, but in steep demographic decline? Depending on the outcomes of their elections, the Europeans could take many different paths.
1. Bannon will make a mint in Euro media.
2. I too am hugely disappointed in the Jesuit Pope. He is wrong on open borders and global warming. He needs to stick to faith. He should also look at Mass attendance in Europe. It is horrible.
I expected better from a Jesuit.
I am going to counter him with some anti-nationalist websites, after all what right do the Germans have to Germany, or the French to France, or even the Danish to Denmark? My new websites will provide “resistance” training and resources for the resistance.
StormyFront.com and TheDailyStormy.com
He needs to stick to faith.
“Render unto the Pope that which is Caesar’s” I think that has been an article of faith in the Catholic Church for a long time.
Jesuits, bleh, and the pope is a heretic
The antidote to George Soros must be crushed!
Europe is a continent; not a place.
"I expected better from a Jesuit."
Not since the Sandanista brothers Cardenal, Minister of Education and Minister of Culture.
Both, of course, born to wealthy parents,.
The pope is a hypocrite ...he resides in a walled enclave.
Bannon continues to think too highly of himself, displaying his narcissism a bit too much.
Meanwhile, will all the people he meets now be subjected to investigations for colluding?
"Is Bannon "meddling" in European politics or demonstrating how to do freedom of speech?"
Kind of depends on your definition of "meddling" doesn't it?
In America, words like "meddling", "influencing", "colluding" and "obstructing" now have the uniform and vague definition of "something bad that Trump did".
Legitimate objections and concerns about the pope (and the Church) are all well and fine. Nothing wrong with it. But it does tend to invite and quickly descend into anti-Catholic hate, which immediately raised its ugly head here in this discussion.
The flim flam man moves onto a new town once the locals are onto him and aren't buying anymore.
Sorta like a pro basketball player that can't handle the big league (or is that bigly)
This is for you, Tommy Duncan
“[Our language] becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.”. - George Orwell
What what was the “Holy Roman Empire" other than “That which was Caesar’s?
What is the Pope doing by meddling in the temporal and political in defiance of the words of Christ?
I can’t believe I have to explain this to you guys.
Tolerance for migrants, yes. A cover-up of the collateral damage from social justice adventures, including elective regime changes, CAIR, and other anti-native actions, no. The Pope needs to be woke to the difference, or join the UN, NGOs, and liberal/reformed churches in progressing corruption, redistributive change, and global abortion fields.
France got the oil, and Italy got the survivors of catastrophic anthropogenic immigration reform (CAIR).
David Begley: I expected better from a Jesuit.
The Jesuits ain't what they used to be. Probably do the order a power of good if they got kicked out of a few countries again. Starting with Vatican City.
I don't doubt that the recent elections in Italy amount to a certain repudiation of the Pope's 'pro-immigration policy' but nor do I doubt that Mr Bannon will continue to be a very minor political actor in Europe. Meddling, eh; one recalls that the Guardian's 'meddling' in a US election was greeted with enthusiastic cheering by certain elements of the media-- until it proved spectacularly inimical to its purpose.
I fully support Fr John Zuhlsdorf's 'policy advocacy', in selling Clement XIV coffee mugs.
Mark
You are right. Hating Catholics is an acceptable prejudice for the Left.
The Pope invites criticism of Catholics from the Right when he wades into politics. Am I a bad Catholic because I believe in borders and think global warming is a scam? Must Catholics vote Democrat? That’s why the Pope is making a giant mistake.
Francis, call me. We need to talk.
...he wants to train an army of populist foot soldiers...
But can he make the training run on time?
I’m just funnin’. Popes Aces with me.
Considering that the populist and conservative candidates in France where lawfared out of politics, the German force are ignored, as the same despised
factions form a coalition, in the UK they seem intent to flush away the brexit mandate.
I'm not Catholic but I know a bad pope when I see one.
What Bannon is [probably] saying is that nationalism is not evil!!! Globalism is.
"Is Bannon "meddling" in European politics or demonstrating how to do freedom of speech?"
Yes.
I thought Japan is where the one-hit wonders go to fade away.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsMfSKX1KTw
I will ignore him as part of my ignore-social-media stance. Also, when I'm sitting.
Well, the thing is that the pope is to too many people what Trump is to Chuck.
Here we have a post about Steve Bannon, and out comes the attacks on the pope (and I mean any pope, not just Francis). And no, "Aunty Trump," we don't need you to explain that you are an odious punk. We already know that.
And also BTW, there are too many Marks here. Adding in Marc, that makes three.
What bothers about Pope is he preaching the squishy pinko socialism expounded by the @realjesus.
Except Jesus expressly required private action not caesars action
Except Jesus expressly required private action not caesars action
Exactly, bolivar. Jesus never preached socialism of any sort. It's easy to get the state to do your charity work for you. Harder to give of yourself.
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